Chapter-4

Madara was impressed.

Never had he imagined his youngest brother to have such skill. Naruto had always struggled with ninjutsu which was shameful for an Uchiha but the boy had another dangerous skill. He was skilled in kenjutsu.

The way he held his tanto, his firm yet flexible stance, his excellent speed and the way he made his weapon dance in the air.

The fact that he was making Madara put real effort in the fight was a testimony of his skill.

His little brother unleashed three shuriken from his pouch and threw them at Madara. The older brother easily deflected the attacks and saw his sibling use the precious second to get close. Madara anticipated a fast strike but what happened next surprised him even more.


His brother tried to sweep his legs.

Madara jumped quickly in the air and brought his tanto downwards eliciting a sharp sound as Naruto parried it with his own tanto. Madara launched a kick towards his opponent's chest which the boy evaded at the last second.


He was not given any respite as Madara unleashed a dozen shuriken towards him. Naruto in turn grabbed his similar weapons, jumped in the air and countered the attack by making every shuriken of his clash against his brother's.

Flipping in the air, he aimed a pointed downwards slash of his tanto towards a surprised Madara.


Only to receive a reverse kick that sent him crashing across the ground and spit blood.

He tried to rise back on his feet to show his brother that he was not yet done but his chest hurt.

"You did good"

Naruto smiled at the rare praise he received from his eldest brother. He even helped him get back on his feet and fulfilled his promise by showing him a jutsu that complimented his skills.

"You are good with weapons. Your accuracy is good, so let me teach you how to make your shuriken attack more deadly and longer in range" explained Madara,

Naruto nodded dutifully.


Madara showed him the hand seals which were a set of three signs which Naruto learned quickly. Next, Madara advised him regarding the amount of chakra he had to use to make his attack more deadly.

All sons of Tajima had already been taught chakra control exercises in hopes of making them true warriors at early age.

And it was proving useful now.

Naruto threw his a single shuriken followed by performing the hand seals Madara had shown him while also infusing some chakra. He was surprised when his single shuriken turned into seven more replicas and struck more targets.

"Good. Make your hand signs faster, on the battlefield a delay of even a second could cost you your life" warned Madara,

"Yes, Nii-san"

Madara nodded and turned around to walk away now that his job was done when Naruto's words struck him.

"You do care about me"

If not for his self control, Madara didn't know what he would have done on hearing those words so he chose a standard reply.

"You are my brother. As your eldest sibling, it is my duty to protect you"


Naruto smiled at him happily. Madara couldn't understand why this boy was so happy, all he had done for him was teach him a simple jutsu which anyone else could have done as well. But the way Naruto was smiling showed as he was given a mountain full of gold.

The boy was strange.

He was distracted from his thoughts when he saw Izuna enter the compound and storm towards his room.

He looked furious.

"Naruto, go get some rest in your room" commanded Madara,

"But-"

"Now"

The boy huffed earning a raised eyebrow from Madara. Two seconds later Naruto instantly ran towards his room earning a faint smile from Madara.


Maybe Izuna was not so wrong about him.

Still, he decided to let Izuna fume. When his second brother was angry, it was best to leave him alone and Madara had a feeling as to who could have made him so.

Yet he couldn't help but wonder why Izuna was so mad.


(A Week Later)

Madara found his answer as he stood on the battlefield alongside a large number of his clansmen.

And all his brothers.

Tajima stood at the front of the three hundred strong Uchiha force ready to face their sworn enemies. In front of him was the Great Tama river.


A key strategic water source that was the lifeline of several nearby villages. One which had been controlled by the Senju's for more than a century, now soon to be in the possession of the Uchiha.

Losing this river would harm the Senju's interests greatly and secure a key victory for the Uchiha's which would get them more contracts from the wealthy feudal lords who had been recently flocking to the Senju's more.

He stared at his sons, all of whom were going to participate in the battle.

Madara was composed and ready as he always was. Yashiro and Inabi were eager to fight in order to kill their House's sworn enemies. Izuna was furious...


The second son of Tajima instead of standing beside his father was standing protectively around his youngest brother.

Naruto's face was a mixture of apprehension, fear and excitement. He was a child of five and normally it would be a few months before he joined his brothers in this endless conflict. But Tajima had seen Naruto's struggle with ninjutsu and doubted his son could learn the fireball jutsu before his Right of Passage came.

If he failed, it would dishonor their family amidst their clan.


So Tajima had brought him here in hopes of making the green boy see what dangers awaited him and how he had to mend his ways to be a better Uchiha like his brothers were. If Naruto performed well then their clan members might just ignore his lack of prowess in ninjutsu, and if he died then atleast he would die with honor and a tanto in hand.

He would be a true Uchiha.


Izuna had been furious with him and argued everyday to revoke his decision but Tajima had made his choice. His youngest son would either become a true Uchiha or die as one on this battlefield.

"Naruto"

The nervous boy who had been biting his lip in silent anticipation looked up at his favorite brother and saw him smile reassuringly.

"Stick them with the pointy end"

Naruto smiled and nodded as he gripped his short tanto firmly in his two little hands. Soon enough he heard the war horns blowing across the other side of the river and saw movement inside the woods there.

Moments later an army of warriors clad in armour rushed out with their swords and weapons. Their cries of war being returned by the Uchiha in equal fervor.


As they charged, Naruto stuck to Izuna's side and noticed that while the enemy wore armour his clansmen didn't have any such protection. Instead the Uchiha's wore their war clothes and rushed towards the battle. For some reason, Naruto found this strange and stupid.

He was mesmerized when a black rain rose high in the sky and he noticed it was rain of kunai and shuriken descending down upon his side.

The Uchiha's deflected the incoming attacks with ease, but some were not fast enough to counter the massive storm raining from the skies and fell as blood gurgled out of their mangled bodies.


Naruto watched in horror as his elder brother Inabi fell to the ground clutching his little throat where a sharp kunai lay buried.

He stood motionless waiting for his mean older brother to get up, but Inabi continued to stay still even as a pool of red blood started forming around his corpse.

His brother was dead.


The battlefield was engulfed in chaos with the sounds of weapons clashing, men screaming, jutsu being unleashed filling the air. Men and women fought against each other trying to kill each other as viciously and savagely possible.


Naruto saw Yashiro cry in agony on watching his twin brother die. The older Uchiha roared fiercely followed by leaping in the air to stab a teenage Senju in the belly. Yashiro howled and slashed two more surprised Senju's viciously hacking them to death before three swords pierced his torso.

Yashiro grinned weakly as he let one kunai fall from his pouch.

There was an explosion that ripped Yashiro to shreds alongwith the men who killed him. Naruto stood numb watching his second brother die as the blood and guts rained down on him.


Anger.


It surged through his body like a tidal wave as he grabbed his tanto and ran towards the nearest Senju. Ignoring the armored chest, Naruto viciously hacked at the man's knees making a torrent of blood erupt alongwith the enemy's cry as he fell to the ground.

The last thing he ever saw was Naruto's tanto being buried in his brain.


Naruto had to deflect a dozen shuriken that were aimed to kill him. In his bloodlust, he charged forward stepping over dead bodies and spilled guts. The Senju woman blinked when he jumped in the air and she poorly tried to raise her weapon but not fast enough as Naruto sliced her neck brutally.

He hacked, he slashed.

He ran, he fell.

He stabbed, he parried.

His mind was in a daze as he continued to kill isolated Senju warriors with the help of his clansmen never showing them an ounce of mercy. Yashiro and Inabi were always mean to him, but they were his brothers.

And these bad men killed them.


He whirled around as he sensed an incoming attack and managed to parry a tanto from slicing his head off. He was finally snapped out of his rage and noticed it was a young girl. She had blonde hair that barely reached her shoulders, bright green eyes that were full of anger and fear. Her little body was covered in heavy Senju armor and she was the same age as him.

Naruto roared in anger which made her flinch and he used that moment to disarm her followed by a vicious kick that sent her sprawling to the ground.

Covered in blood and guts, eyes ablaze with righteous fury and tanto dripped with red blood of his enemies he charged towards his new enemy to end her life.

He roared as he raised his weapon to stab her and...

Stopped.

For she was crying.


Pure, crystal like tears ran down her fair and chubby cheeks. Her green eyes staring at him with fear and a pleading.

His hands shook as he saw her cry, a girl the same age as him and he wanted to kill her. But then he noticed the Senju emblem on her armor and remembered her clansmen killing two of his brothers minutes ago.

"TSUNADE!"

He looked up to see four angry young boys charging towards him. There was murder in their eyes as they saw Naruto's tanto hovering above the little girl.

With an angry snarl, Naruto met those four head on ignoring the defeated girl.


The first to meet him was a silver hair older boy with cold eyes that made Naruto shiver as they clashed their blades. He was stronger and pushed Naruto as the remaining boys closed in for the kill.

Naruto's eyes widened for he knew he wouldn't be able to evade. He would die just like Yashiro had...

Until there was a wild rush of air as a shadow jumped in between battling away the blades of the Senju.

"You will not kill my brother, SENJU!" yelled Izuna furiously,


Naruto smiled in relief when his brother kicked away the silver haired boy that was pushing Naruto back. The Senju's narrowed their eyes on the new enemy as Izuna shot a quick glance at his brother.

"Stay behind me, Naru"

The little boy nodded and took up position behind his older brother. Izuna bared his sword forward as the Senju boys surrounded them.


It was the silver haired boy who charged again with Izuna meeting him head on. Naruto blocked the blades from the other two boys, one with half black and half white hair, and the other with brown hair.

With all his strength Naruto pushed the two Senju's making them stumble a little.

Suddenly another older Uchiha ran inside the battle stabbing the brown haired Senju through the neck from behind.

"KAWARAMA!"


The Senju crumpled to the ground as his oldest comrade, a boy of ten with jet black hair stabbed the older Uchiha in the chest with an anguished cry.

The sudden deaths startled the fighters of both sides, including Izuna.

Blood flew in the air as the silver haired Senju swiped Izuna's sword away and stabbed him in the chest. Naruto cried for his brother who grunted and punched his attacker sending him stumbling away.

The mixed haired Senju boy tried to attack Izuna again only to receive a swift strike across his eye that sent him crashing away screaming in pain.

Naruto ran towards his brother managing to catch him in his little arms as they both fell to the ground.

"IZUNA!"

The Senju's were already hovering near their dead comrade and the injured one who just lost an eye courtesy of Izuna's blade.

Izuna coughed blood and gingerly pressed his trembling hand towards his chest only to see it return soaked in blood.

His blood.

"IZUNA!" cried Naruto,


The second son of Tajima hazily glanced at his brother who was crying hysterically. Izuna coughed but managed to smile and lay his bloodied hand on his sweet brother's cheek.

It was all getting so dark, the noises of battle fading away and only his brother's cries filled Izuna's ears.

He glanced at the boy whom he had loved more than anything in life and smiled.

"Be...happy...little...brother"

Naruto froze when his brother's hand fell from his cheek, his chest went still and his eyes closed with that smile permanently etching across his face.

"Izuna...Nii-san...get...up...please...I...won't...go...outside...the...walls...I'll...do...whatever...you...say...PLEASE!" he cried, but Izuna didn't answer.


He shook his brother again and again only to receive silence. Naruto gave out an anguished scream and buried his head in his brother's bloodied chest. His heavy sobs making his little body tremble, the noises of battle being blacked out.

He cried so hard, he screamed but Izuna never answered.

"NO!"


He hesitantly looked up with his blood stained face to see Madara standing a few feet away with a horrified expression etched across his own bloodied face. The eldest son of Tajima roared as a wave of chakra was unleashed from his body sending every nearby warrior to their knees.


The anger in Madara's eyes was enormous as he charged and sliced the nearest Senju in half. The younger Senju's who had attacked Naruto started backing away carrying their dead and injured comrades farther away.

Naruto saw dozens of older Senju had zeroed down on Madara and the threat he posed. And they were charging towards him.

With strength he didn't think he ever had, Naruto got up and charged towards his last brother.


He was not strong as his brothers but he was faster than them. A skill he displayed as he sailed past older warriors slashing their legs with his tanto mercilessly.

Madara wrecked carnage across the battlefield killing anything and anyone in his way with his sword, with large fireballs, and shurikenjutsu.

Naruto protected his furious brother's rear with the help of other Uchiha's who joined the carnage with righteous fury.

"TO MADARA!"


The Uchiha's rallied to that battlecry with Naruto in the front of the new charge following the lead of his eldest brother. It was as if a tidal wave had been unleashed as lines upon lines of Senju warriors were cut down.

Madara's fury knew no bounds and no shinobi could stand against him. Those who tried lost their lives instantly...

Naruto didn't know how long he fought or how many he killed or how many of his own clansmen died in the charge.

He was so angry and hurt.

Another horn sounded across the battlefield and seconds later the Senju's started to flee deep within the forests where they came from.

"RUN, TREE HUGGERS!" yelled an Uchiha,

"VICTORY!"

"FIRE AND BLOOD!"

Naruto slumped to the ground gracelessly and lay there motionless. He felt a pain in his left arm and the left cheek of his face. But he didn't care for Izuna was dead.

Yashiro and Inabi too.

His brothers.

Many Uchiha's huddled around him and lifted him on their shoulders calling him a Hero, The Young Dragon, The Brave.


However, they had to clear a way as Madara came charging back with desperation evident in his eyes. His eyes finally zeroed in on his youngest and last living brother and he ran towards them.

Naruto was still numb when he felt himself being lowered to the ground moments before a strong pair of arms grabbed him in a fierce hug.


He slowly looked up to see it was Madara who had tears falling from his eyes. Whatever differences the two brothers had in life were drowned in the pain they felt in this moment. Naruto slumped in Madara's arms and cried as his brother held him.

It was this scene upon which Tajima Uchiha arrived and saw the gasps alongwith stunned looks on the faces of his clansmen.

His own eyes widened on seeing his eldest and youngest son hugging each other fiercely crying tears of sorrow.

"Impossible..." whispered Tajima, as he stared into the eyes of his sons.

They were red with tomoes.

The Sharingan was reborn.